Castles in Okinawa is an exposed point break that usually has waves. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the best wave direction is from the east.The break here is a left hand point. Rarely crowded here. Take care of coral, urchins, rips and sharks.

Airports

The second nearest airport to Castles is Kadena Ab Airport (DNA), also in Japan, 32 km (20 miles) away.

Third is Kumejima Airport (UEO) in Japan, 102 km (63 miles) away.

Yoron Airport (RNJ) in Japan is 130 km (81 miles) away.

Tokunoshima Airport (TKN), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Castles and is 229 km (142 miles) away.

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Castles, Okinawa. Use the tab navigation above to view Castles sea temperature, Castles photographs, Castles detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Castles webcams, current wind from Okinawa live weather stations and Castles tide predictions. The Japan swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Japan and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Japan wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Castles.